Gas lasers. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Masamori Endo, Robert F. Walter.
• Other Names: Endō, Masamori, 1965-; Walter, Robert Frederick
• Contents: PRINCIPLES OF GAS LASERS; K.M. Abramski and E.F. Plinski; Introduction; Gas Media; Spectroscopy of Gases; Spectral Lines; Gain Conditions; Laser Action-A Simple Model; Laser Resonators; Pumping Techniques; Cooling Systems; References; FLUID DYNAMICS; Victor V.V. Malkov, A.V. Savin, and A.S. Boreisho; CW Supersonic Gas Lasers; Flow Structure in the Laser Cavity after Mixing Nozzle Bank; Optical Quality of Flow in the Laser Cavity after Mixing Nozzle Bank; Problem of Mixing in the Nozzles of Supersonic Chemical Lasers; Resonators of High-Power Supersonic Gas Laser; Pressure Recovery Systems for Chemical Supersonic Gas Laser; References; OPTICAL RESONATORS; A.P. Napartovich; Introduction; Basic Equations and Methodologies; Types of Resonators; Gain Saturation and Mode-Medium Interaction Effects; References; ELECTRIC CIRCUITS; V. Khukharev; General Aspect of Ionized Gas Discharge; Self-Sustained vs Non-Self-Sustained Discharges; Pulsing Circuits; Preionization Techniques; Radio-Frequency Excitation Circuits vs DC Glow Discharge; References; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE CO LASERS; A.A. Ionin; Introduction; Historical Remarks; Mechanism of Formation of Inversion Population in Electric Discharge CO Laser; Small-Signal Gain and CO Laser Spectrum; Pulsed Mode of CO Laser Operation; Theoretical Model of Electric Discharge CO Laser; Experimental Research and Development of Fundamental Band CO Lasers; Research and Development of Overtone CO Lasers; References; DC-EXCITED CONTINUOUS-WAVE CONVENTIONAL AND RF-EXCITED WAVEGUIDE CO2 LASERS; E.F. Plinski and K.M. Abramski; Carbon Dioxide Molecule; Regular, Sequence, and Hot Transitions; Isotope Spectral Displacement; Basic Spectral and Gain Parameters of CO2 Laser Medium; Sealed-Off Conditions of a CO2 Laser; The CO2 Laser Structure-Mechanical, Electrical, and Optical; Tuning and Single-Frequency Operation; RF-Excited Waveguide CO2 Laser; RF-Excited Waveguide CO2 Laser Arrays; RF-Excited Slab-Waveguide CO2 Lasers; Sealed-Off Diffusion-Cooled RF Transversely Excited All-Metal CO2 Lasers; Temperature Distributions; Dynamics of the CO2 Laser; DC or RF Excitation?; Microwave Excitation of CO2 Lasers; Some Practical Formulas-Optical Properties of CO2:N2:He Mixture; References; HIGH-POWER ELECTRIC CO2 LASERS; A.E. Hill; Introduction and Historical Background; Technical Discussion: Early Developments; Basic Theory of Power Extraction; Maximizing Power or Efficiency; Optimal Use of Compressible Gas Dynamic Effects; Optimal Cavity Design; Cavity Design Examples Pertaining to Continuous Transonic Flow Axial Lasers; Some Pressure Scaling Considerations; Production and Control of Very Uniform, Large-Volume, High-Pressure Plasmas with Large Specific Power Input; First 20 KW Class Compact Laser; Alternative Means of Large-Volume, High-Pressure Plasma Stabilization; ''TEA'' Laser Development; Electron Beam Ionized CO2 Lasers; Controlled Avalanche Ionization Lasers; Compact Giant Single-Pulsed CO2 Lasers; Compact, High-Repetition Rate CO2 Lasers; Compact, Continuous, Controlled Avalanche Ionized CO2 Lasers; Special Problems Associated with Very High Continuous Power; Mode-Media Instabilities; Suggested Methodologies to Eliminate Mode-Media Interaction Instabilities; Promising Areas of Development for the Future; References; HYDROGEN AND DEUTERIUM FLUORIDE CHEMICAL LASERS; H.W. Behrens and P.D. Lohn; Overview; Physics and Chemistry of Combustion Driven Continuous Wave Chemical Lasers; Fluid Mechanics of Chemical Lasers; Modeling of Chemical Lasers; References; EXCIMER AND EXCIPLEX LASERS; S.I. Yakovlenko; Introduction; Rare-Gas Dimer Lasers; Exciplex Lasers; Pulse Repetition Discharge Exciplex Lasers; Conclusion; ATOMIC IODINE LASERS; S.J. Davis, W.E. McDermott, and M.C. Heaven; Introduction; Basic Physics of Atomic Iodine Lasers; Photolytic Iodine Lasers; Chemical Oxygen Iodine Lasers; COIL Diagnostics; Singlet Oxygen Yield; The All Gas-Phase Iodine Laser; Electric Oxygen Iodine Lasers; Summary; References; METAL VAPOR LASERS; Nikola V. Sabotinov; Introduction; Metal Vapor Lasers, General Points; Types of Metal Vapor Lasers; Copper Lasers; The He-Cd Laser; UV Copper Ion Lasers; References; OTHER GAS LASERS; K.M. Abramski and E.F. Plinski; Introduction; He-Ne Lasers; Ion Lasers; Far Infrared Laser; The Submillimeter HCN Laser; Xe Laser; The N2 Laser; References; INDEX
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (576 pages), (4 illustrations)
• Subjects: 621.3663; Gas lasers
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351837194; 1351837192
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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